Advertisement

eco-atkins diet

“Eco-Atkins” Diet Is Good for Both Weight Loss and Climate Change

Study: Protein from plant sources helps you lose weight, improve your cholesterol profile, and lower your blood pressure.

By Emily Main

Topics: weight loss



Study: People who ate lots of protein from beans and other plant sources lost weight and lowered bad their cholesterol levels.

Study: People who ate lots of protein from beans and other plant sources lost weight and lowered bad their cholesterol levels.

The study’s authors didn’t provide any recipes for their “Eco-Atkins” diet, but here are a few ways to add some vegetarian fat and protein to your next meal:

• Try high-protein vegetables and grains, including soybeans, couscous, pearled barley, white beans, and lentils. You can also get protein from whole-grain pastas, cereals, and bread. Be aware that unless it’s organic, soy is likely to come from genetically modified (GM) crops whose health effects haven’t been tested.

• Go nuts. Nuts are a good source of omega-3 fatty acids and monounsaturated fats. The highest amounts come from macadamia nuts, hazelnuts, pecans, almonds, cashews, peanuts, pistachios, pine nuts, and then walnuts. Walnuts and pine nuts are also high in healthy polyunsaturated fats, and they’re a tasty addition to salads, if you don’t like eating them plain.

• Do it once a day. You don’t have to give up meat completely. To start, try to eat vegetarian just once a day, and look for protein-rich veggie recipes using the Rodale Recipe Finder.



Have you been seeking to lose

Have you been seeking to lose weight? When you're, you likely know that you've numerous different choices.Weight Loss Surgery Dallas

Business Request

Hi,

My name is Jon Pankhurst. I came across yrodale.com in the search engines.

Great job! I have signed up to your newsletter and can't wait to receive your great information

As I am in the same niche as you I was wondering if you would be interested in a business partnership. Don't worry, this will be of no charge to you and will not take any commissions or anything like that. I just love to teach people how to lose weight and want to get my training out there on the net.

My proposal for you is that I provide you with quality, and I do mean quality, content on weight loss as and when you want it - every week if you wish. You can send the article/articles to your email list or add them to your web site. This will help to build your relationship with your subscribers and site visitors even stronger because as we both know there is a lot of rubbish out there with regards to weight loss. All I ask in return for this is you include my link at the bottom of the articles you publish. I have written articles for many websites and newsletter subscribers before and I honestly like what you are
offering on your site and would love to have my work featured in them.

If you would be interested please email me on this address or you can ring me on my UK landline +44(0)1732 462451 or mobile +44(0)7947241413

I also invite you to view samples of some of my recent articles and reviews.
Please visit http://www.jonpankhurst.co.uk/sample.html to see what you could be featuring in your newsletters.

Whether you decide to answer this email or not thank you for your time and the information on your web site.

Kind regards

Jon Pankhurst
4 Careys Field, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks. Kent. TN13 2QZ. UK.

P.S Remember this is absolutely no charge to you whatsoever, you can fully review my written documents before you publish them. My articles will be excellent content for your subscribers I guarantee. Make sure you view the samples of my previous articles I’ve written in the last 90 days at
http://www.jonpankhurst.co.uk/sample.html

No true at all

Alright! I'm not sure which conclusions you are talking about and while the fact that meat is laced with chemicals it wasn't germane to the topic. And meat doesn't completely mean commercially farmed.
For example, I fish; The fish are wild and not farm raised. I don't hunt, but people who do are consuming wild meat or grass fed.As far as chemical contamination regarding soy, I mentioned that because I fully believe that the soy in this country is imported and likely from China which we already know is questionable when it comes to argriculture and the safety of its products e.g. melamine. The conclusion regarding global climate change is just as questionable, and I'm not completely sold, at least not yet.This is mostly due to the fact that shifts in the climate have been reported since the time of Noah and the great flood of Gilgamish.The Mayan civilization, based on hard research, was confronted with a devastating drought which might suggest the end of that civilization. Also research, worthy research i.e. doesn't indicate that a vegetarian diet is all together good for humans. There is the risk of incomplete macro nutrition and micro as well. But,I will indicated, a high fruit diet is worthy for good health and it is wise to consume the correct proportion of animal fats both saturated and unsaturated.

Not true at all!

No, actually it is true. About the only thing you got right is that we have teeth which gives us the ability to eat meat. Doesn’t mean that it's good for you. Historically humans consumed much less animal protein than the average adult does today. And the animals consumed by our ancestors were not fed large amounts of growth hormones and antibiotics. You do seem to be concerned about chemical contamination and genetically modified soy in food products which is prudent. You should be as vigilant about what’s injected and fed to the animals you intend to consume. You also need to rethink your statements concerning CO2. The major greenhouse gases are water vapor, which causes about 36–70 percent of the greenhouse effect (not including clouds); carbon dioxide (CO2), which causes 9–26 percent; methane (CH4), which causes 4–9 percent; and ozone, which causes 3–7 percent. While your comments are appreciated your conclusions are mostly flat out wrong. I would suggest doing a little research on these topics then posting your findings for discussion.

What Climate Change?

There's no data to support such a claim.

Atkins?

I don't think this is really Atkins-esque, this diet. Aren't beans too carby for him? At any rate, it just sounds like a Michael Pollan diet (the right one!): eat real food, mostly plant-based. And I would also like some more really indepth research on the detrimental effects of mining for minerals for supplements, and the deleterious effects of synthetic vitamin fabrication. Nobody ever talks about this (except for in "Twinkie: Deconstructed").

Listen to your body...

We have to keep in mind also, that certain body types accept certain food more so than others. For instance , whether it be fish, fruit or grain..if you have any adverse reaction within 15-20 min. after eating certain foods (yes even natural foods) then you need to avoid them. Bottom Line..watch WHERE your food comes from, and HOW your body reacts to food.

Not true at all!

Humans are omnivores (Plant and meat eaters). Furthermore, the greenhouse gas CO2 isn't a climate altering greenhouse gas at all.
Without CO2, plants couldn't exist and oxygen wouldn't be supplied.
However, since most of the earth is covered by water, much of the oxygen production is through the ocean and CO2 is also saturated in the ocean, lakes, etc. Take a good look at your teeth...those front teeth called incisors are there for tearing meat, and not vegetation. Atkins is correct regarding his metabolic assumption regarding obesity and CHO consumption. Cholesterol is irrealvant as far as consumption goes since only about 4% of foods containing cholesterol actually contributes to a "cholesterol problem" Healthy fats like omega threes and medium chain fatty acids serve to regulate weight and keep you healthy including normalizing cholesterol. Soy could be a good thing, it could be a bad thing. Ask the Chinese and they will tell you that Soy is not the dietary staple as people are falsley led to believe.There are reported health benefits as long as the soy product is fermented and that's about it. Other than that, the soy is about as respondsible for debilitating the health of men and especially women and children because of its phytoestrogen like effect.Furthermore, much of the soy cultivated today is probably genetically modified, aka GMO and nobody really knows for certain how safe that really is.In addition,if it comes from China and is specifically grown for the United States, I'd be concerned due to chemical contamination and other filth. There is really only about nine vegetables worthy of consumption and here's the list: Broccoli, brusseles sprouts,celery,kale,cabbage,spinach,parsley,cauliflower and collards. This isn't meant to imply that people shouldn't seek a wider variety specific to their own personal likes and taste.

VIDEOS

Advertisement
Free Newsletter
Sign up for the FREE daily newsletter and get useful tips to keep yourself, your family, and the planet healthy and thriving.

  The Daily Fix
Authoritative reporting on the latest developments in health, food, and the environment

  Maria's Farm Country Kitchen Newsletter
Get cooking tips, learn about healthy living and even raising chickens—Maria does it all!



Your Privacy Policy

BE SOCIAL WITH US!